2024年成考专升本每日一练《英语》12月4日

• What enables some people to get big creative breakthroughs while others only get small and non -creative breakdowns, blaming themselves and society? Are some people “gifted“? Are there other factors （21）______work-factors that we have more control over than we think?
  While nobody can deny the （22）______ that some people seem to be blessed with particular creativity, research shows that any one can （23）______ their chances of coming up with new and original ideas （24）______ they would only engage themselves more in the process of （25）______ It's the old Thomas Edison thing about “discovery （26）______ 99 percent perspiration （汗水）and 1 percent inspiration. （27）_______ the studies prove this great creative breakthroughs usually happen only （28）_____ intense periods of struggle. It is sustained effort towards a specific goal （29）_______ eventually prepares for great creative insights.
  This kind of sustained effort does not always （30）______ immediate results, a fact that not only separates the innovators （革新者）from non-innovators. but （31）_______ leads some people to conclude that it is just not （32）______ for them. “Maybe I should have gone to medical school like my mother wanted.” they wonder when the breakthrough is （33）______ to be found Alas, one forgets during inevitable encounters _34 _self-doubt. that the big surprise is never （35）______.Indeed. it can happen at any time and place.
  
  
  1. 以下选项29题答案为（）  

  Athat

  Bwho

  Cwhat

  Das

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  2. 请在第22_____处填上正确答案。  

  Ahe 

  Bthey 

  Csomeone 

  Dnobody

• Drawing a picture is the simplest way of putting an idea down on paper.That is(21)men first began to write six thousand years ago or(22).The alphabet we now use(23)down to us over a long period of time. It was developed from the picture-writing of ancient Egypt. Picture-writing was useful in many（24）.It could be used to express ideas as well as  (25).For example, a drawing of a(26)meant the object“man”. (27)a drawing of a man lying on the ground with,a spear in him meant”(28)”. Besides the Egyptians,the Chinese(29)the American Indians also developed ways(30) writing in pictures.But only(31)much could be said this way.Thousands of pictures would have been needed(32)express all the ideas that people might have. It would have taken many thousand more to express all the objects(33)to men.No one could(34)so many pictures in a lifetime. Nor could anyone learn the meaning of all  (35)drawings in a lifetime.
  
  
  3. 第(35)题选（）

  Amany

  Bsome

  Cthat to

  Dsuch

• People say that money cannot buy happiness. This was true for Howard Hughes. (76)He was one of the richest and most powerful men of his time. He had everything: good looks,success,power,and a lot of money.But he didn't have love or friendship because he couldn't buy them. All his life he used his money to control everything and everyone around him. In the end,he lost control of everything,even himself. Howard Hughes was born in 1905 in Houston, Texas. His father started the Hughes Tool Company.He was a workaholic（工作狂）and made a lot of money. He bought everything he wanted.He even gave money to schools so Howard could get into them. From his father, Howard learned to be a successful but merciless businessman. Hughes's mother, Allene also had a big influence on his life. Howard was her only child. She protected him and gave him everything. Unfortunately, Allene had mental problems.(77) She was afraid of germs and diseases. She was obsessed with Howard's health,and he became obsessed with it too. Allene died when Howard was 16 years old. Two years later his father died. Hughes inherited the Hughes Tool Company. Then he married Ella Rice. He and Ella moved to Los Angeles， California. It was there that Howard Hughes began to become a legend（传奇人物）. Hughes began to invest his money in movies.He became an important producer soon after he moved to California. He worked hard, but he also played hard. He became obsessed with power and control. When he couldn't get something legally, he gave money to politicians and businessmen so they would help him.He owned a lot of businesses, including airplane companies，a movie studio（制片厂），Las Vegas hotels， gold and silver mines， and radio and television stations. Once he bought a television studio so he could watch movies all night,He also bought a hotel because he wanted to stay in his favorite room for one weekend.
  
  
  4. According to the passage,Howard Hughes was not（）.　　

  Agood-looking　　

  Bwealthy　　

  Cfriendly　　

  Dpowerful　　

• 1. Do you have access to the Internet?

• 2. 新学期伊始，你们班准备组织一场迎新晚会，让同学们熟悉起来。你(Li Yuan)打算邀请外教(Tim)来参加迎新晚会。请给他写一封e—mail，内容包括：
  (1)邀请他参加迎新晚会；
  (2)介绍迎新晚会的一些活动安排；
  (3)希望他能够做个简短发言；
  (4)期待他的到来。

• 3. 你(Li Yuan)组织同学进行了一次烧烤野餐(barbecue)。请给你的英国朋友Tim写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
  ·野餐前的准备；
  ·野餐过程；
  ·印象最深刻的人或事。

• 4. The doctor is very patient with his patients.

• 1. 根据下面的汉语提示，写一篇题为“Why Should We Learn English”的短文。 (1)英语现已成为一种国际语言；
  (2)现在大多数书籍、报纸和杂志都以英文出版和印刷；
  (3)学习英语需要耐心。  

• 2. 10月27日(星期六)，你和同学参观了清华大学，请根据下列内容用英语写篇日记。内容应包括：老教授的热情接待，参观了图书馆、实验楼和校园等。可以适当增减细节。